Below is a brief extract from my 2004 book TrendhorsesDrawn2Win
covering the 5f sprints at Beverley.

BEVERLEY (5f)

The 94 qualifying races gave the following statistics:

Top Third of Draw

Middle Third of Draw

Bottom Third of Draw

Winning %

62.8

28.7

8.5

Placed %

49.7

30.1

20.2

Statistical conclusion: high draws have a massive
advantage, and it's extremely difficult to win from
a low stall.

Points to note:
* The highest stall has accounted for 19 of the 94 winners
(20.2%)
* If, in every race, you'd placed a 1pt reverse forecast
on the horses drawn in the top two stalls, you'd have
made a 93pt profit (49% profit on turnover).

Examining the handicap races only (36 races ) gave
the following win statistics:

Top Third of Draw

Middle Third of Draw

Bottom Third of Draw

Winning %

66.6

27.8

5.6

Points to note:

* Nineteen of the 36 handicaps went to a runner drawn
in one of the top three stalls. Statistically these
draw positions have performed three times better than
they should have.

* Eight of the 36 handicaps went to a horse from the
top stall. If, in every handicap, you'd placed 1pt on
the highest stall, you'd have made just over 12pts profit
(a 34% profit on turnover). Backing solely the second
highest stall in handicaps would have produced a profit
of just below 8pts.

* If, in every handicap, you'd permed the top three
stalls in six 1pt forecasts, you'd have made a massive
192pt profit (89% profit on turnover). Be warned though,
perming the top two stalls in forecasts in handicaps
only would have produced a loss.

More detailed summary of Beverley (5f)

The five-furlong course here is well known to be one
of the most biased in the country, largely because a
kink in the track at about the three-furlong point makes
it hard for horses drawn out wide (low) to get close
to the favoured far rail.

Clearly the draw punter has a good opportunity to make
a profit, but it still pays to tread carefully, as there's
a wide variety in terms race-class, ranging from Listed
events through to sellers. The races to concentrate
on are usually the handicaps, as this is definitely
a specialists' track:Beyond The Clouds won in 00, 01
and 02, and has also been placed twice;
Off Hire won in 00 and 02;
Sir Sandrovitch won in 01 and 03 (from stall 5 of 20,
five days after an amazing second from stall 1);
American Cousin won in 02 and 03, and also finished
second twice in 99 from poor draws;
Catch The Cat won in 02 and 03, and also finished third
twice in June last year from low draws;
Le Meridien won one apiece in 01, 02 and 03.

High draws have a massive advantage in handicaps, with
33 of the 36 such races in the period under review having
been won by something drawn in the top half.
The advent of betting exchanges means runners drawn
low can be laid (only two of the 216 runners drawn in
the lowest six stalls from the aforementioned examples
won, Sir Sandrovitch and Jodeeka at 7-2 and 10-1 respectively),
meaning a very good profit could have been achieved.

A word of caution, though, many of the horses drawn
1-6 trade at big prices, and I'd advise not laying anything
at 20-1+ just in case a 40-1 or 50-1 shot springs an
upset.

To conclude, in big-field handicaps, concentrate on
the top four or five stalls, giving preference to the
highest stall, over the second highest, etc.

Would you like to be betting with information like
the above at your finger tips?